Currents
Tomorrow a Long Time Ago
Luise Donschen
North American Premiere
Set against the backdrop of the 1990 German reunification, this meditative tale of estrangement follows middle-aged Patty (Gerti Drassl), who is let go from her factory job before transcending time and history.
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Year
- 2026
- More information
- Official film page
Screenings
In a small, placid town in central Germany in the early ’90s, middle-aged Patty (Gerti Drassl) is let go from her factory job. Unemployed and rootless, she wanders through a bucolic landscape, has an affair with a younger man, and eventually leaves behind her apartment and possessions—and her present reality—as she wanders into the fantastical forests of the Kyffhäuser mountains. Set against the backdrop of the 1990 German reunification, this meditative tale of estrangement, directed by the singular Luise Donschen (ELLE, NYFF59) and shot by Helena Wittman (Human Flowers of Flesh, NYFF60), teases at the supernatural, capturing a fleeting moment in time on the verge of shifting forever.
Travel support generously provided by the German Film Office.
In a small, placid town in central Germany in the early ’90s, middle-aged Patty (Gerti Drassl) is let go from her factory job. Unemployed and rootless, she wanders through a bucolic landscape, has an affair with a younger man, and eventually leaves behind her apartment and possessions—and her present reality—as she wanders into the fantastical forests of the Kyffhäuser mountains. Set against the backdrop of the 1990 German reunification, this meditative tale of estrangement, directed by the singular Luise Donschen (ELLE, NYFF59) and shot by Helena Wittman (Human Flowers of Flesh, NYFF60), teases at the supernatural, capturing a fleeting moment in time on the verge of shifting forever.
Travel support generously provided by the German Film Office.